The University of Sheffield AMRC Iain Chambers AMRC
The University of Sheffield AMRC Iain Chambers AMRC Financial Controller 09 June 2016 Confidential. © 2016 AMRC with Boeing. Template - AMRC. PPT Revision 1 (February 2015)
AMRC Structure AMRC with Boeing Casting Technology International Nuclear AMRC Training Centre Industrial Doctorate Centre NAMTEC
How many staff? – Lots! Jul-14 Jul-15 May-16 ASTC 5 7 7 Castings 0 0 20 Centre 45 61 66 Composites 33 32 36 Design 36 27 22 IMG 17 29 35 Medical AMRC 14 20 21 AMRC 351 Metrology 3 3 3 NAMRC 103 Namtec 8 5 6 CTI NCM 2 3 0 TOTAL 83 87 81 SDAM 1 0 0 SMD 2 2 2 34 46 52 0 1 0 283 323 351 Jul-14 Jul-15 May-16 Nuclear Centre 29 33 29 Nuclear Machining 26 33 38 Nuclear Welding 26 37 36 Total 81 103 Machining Training Centre VR Total May-16 40 494
Where are we? Established on site of former Orgreave coking works The site of the “Battle of Orgreave” Land regenerated by UK Coal / Haworth Estates
AMRC Campus 2015 AMRC Training Centre Composites Centre Extension AMRC Factory of the Future DPTC KTC Nuclear AMRC CTI
A growing campus Sheffield AMRC Training centre AMRC / NAMRC Factory 2050
Who’s paid for all this? ! Building AMRC 1 Factory of the Future AMRC Hub Project Fo. F Composites extension NAMRC KTC Training Centre DPTC Total Floorspace Total capital (m 2) grant 1, 170 £ 5, 930, 000 6, 387 £ 10, 242, 300 1, 887 £ 4, 807, 000 8, 080 £ 30, 354, 494 2, 146 5, 464 £ 17, 930, 500 2, 350 £ 6, 150, 000 Total revenue Source of funding grant DTI/ERDF Yorkshire Forward / ERDF / BIS £ 600, 695 RGF / ERDF / Uo. S £ 3, 510, 000 HEFCE /ERDF £ 7, 711, 879 Ti Casting extension and equipment 1, 000 £ 19, 715, 000 Factory 2050 7, 023 £ 20, 000 35, 507 £ 115, 129, 294 £ 11, 822, 574 Annual catapult funding for equipment ATI HEFCE /ERDF
What do we do? AMRC Core Research Groups: • Machining. • Integrated Manufacturing Group (Assembly). • Composites Centre. • Design and Prototyping Group (including Medical AMRC. • Advanced Structural Testing Centre (UKAS certified ISO 17025). NAMRC Core Groups • Large scale machining • Welding • Supply chain development Support Groups: • Microscopy Laboratory (UKAS and RR accredited). • Virtual reality. • Metrology. • Quality management. – ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 13485 8
AMRC Training Centre • The centre opened in January 2014 in purpose built facility • It offers the very best in practical and academic training. • Over 400 apprentices currently in learning and >1200 have attended training courses each year. 16/17 will see recruitment of 250 apprentices into Sheffield studying several different pathways • 9
AMRC Training Centre – Apprentice Training • • 10 All Apprentices are employed by a local company AMRC TC facilitates matching of potential apprentices with employers 16 -18 fully funded by Skills Funding Agency. 18+ partial SFA funding, industry pay’s the balance: • 50% up to 19 -25 • 30% 25+ Current pathways: • mechanical manufacturing • fabrication and welding • technical support • Maintenance • Electrical and Electronics Training delivered in partnership with Barnsley college Funding from HEFCE to develop Foundation Degree in Manufacturing Technology in 16/17 Bids being submitted to fund construction manufacturing and manufacturing maintenance FD’s
Governance Not a faculty but too big to be a department • • Overall management by Prof Keith Ridgway, Executive Chairman and Dean of the AMRC Supported by CEO’s in AMRC and NAMRC, Operations Manager in Training Centre and CTI General Manager Financial processes are as per the rest of the University: • SAP used to record all financial transactions • Financial Controller reports to both Finance and AMRC • Annual Financial Health check completed • Grants costed through URMS • Contracts entered into as per University financial regulations • Procurement managed locally by AMRC Chief Procurement Officer with interface into University Head of Procurement • HR supported by Rob Gower and HR team following Uo. S procedures • Buildings under management by EFM • Oversight by AMI board
Budget setting • • Work to Uo. S planning timetable CTI separate as a subsid company Lighter touch planning round reflecting low numbers of UG students, Apprentices have not previously been included in the planning round Budgets built at a “group” level Heads of Group closely involved in the budget setting process Ownership by CEO’s / TC Head of Operations Final review by Prof Ridgway Monitoring: • Monthly accounts – to heads of group and management • QFR • Catapult reporting • Detailed reviews on research projects with project managers
Resource Allocation Certain costs are funded directly by AMRC: • Finance team • Health and Safety • Estates costs Usage of other services different to rest of University: • Do not use certain parts of RIS (commercialisation / patents) • Advanced apprentices don’t use library / IC / student union • Student services / registry / Le. TS– mostly provided by AMRC • Ci. Cs – use underlying infrastructure with AMRC systems (software, servers, and storage) • RA drivers amended to reflect • loan repayments from surpluses: – – Purchase of CTI - £ 6. 5 m Ineligible costs - £ 0. 7 m Training Centre - £ 0. 4 m 12/13 deficit – £ 2. 7 m
High Value Manufacturing Catapult • The High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult is the catalyst for the future growth and success of manufacturing in the UK. • Established and overseen by the Technology Strategy Board, with over £ 200 million of government investment. • The AMRC with Boeing & Nuclear AMRC are 2 of the 7 centres within the HVM Catapult.
Catapult funding • • • Funding distributed from Innovate UK to HVM Catapult ltd AMRC and NAMRC each receive separate grants Funding can be both Capital and Revenue Annual process: • Annual business plan submitted Jan each year requesting funding • Grant confirmed March to start 1 April • Claimed monthly as a research grant High admin burden: • Annual forecasts and business plan • Monthly claims and forecasts • Quarterly KPI and performance reports • 2016/17 Grant: Capital £m AMRC with Boeing 5. 1 Nuclear AMRC 3. 1 AMRC 8. 1 Revenue £m 5. 1 6. 2 11. 2 Total Grant £m 10. 1 9. 3 19. 4
AMRC Membership Model • • • Members work collaboratively to carry out research in areas of common interest Membership open to any company that works in complementary are or wishes to support our research programmes. You don’t have to be a member to conduct projects with the AMRC. Annual roadmapping process and two board meetings Tier 1 - £ 200 k per year Tier 2 - £ 30 k per year
AMRC Members 17 January 2016
Nuclear AMRC Members
Income Year ended July Income Funding Council Grants Academic Fees and Support Grants Research Grants and Contracts Other Income Total Income Actual Q 4 Q 3 2014/15 2015/16 £m £m 2. 5 1. 2 29. 3 4. 8 37. 9 2. 3 0. 7 20. 6 3. 3 27. 0 Other Grant funded 2% Membership funded research 4% Civil Nuclear Sharing in Growth 20% Industry funded 17% EPSRC 2% FP 7 / H 2020 1% Inkind 18% Innovate UK 19% Catapult 16%
Core vs Research is our “Core” activity! In practise core is largely our overhead expenditure Our teaching, apart from MSc and Foundation degree are managed through project accounts Internal Management accounts focus on “bottom line” rather than performance against core budget.
The Future… • • • Strategy refreshed with regular road-mapping sessions with partners High level industry engagement AMRC and NAMRC board meetings involving partners Future strategic initiatives: • Devolution deals – Sheffield City region – light-weighting centre – Support to facilitate inward investment into Sheffield Region – AMRC NW – partnership with University of Lancaster supported by Lancashire LEP • AMRC Steel Research and Test Centre - £ 24 m bid to HEFCE supported by industry • Overseas Developments: – Korea AMRC ltd in Jeonju City, South Korea
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